Conditions in Myanmar’s jails are dire for all inmates, but human rights organisations say political prisoners suffer more abuses – including medical neglect that often has deadly consequences.
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Conditions in Myanmar’s jails are dire for all inmates, but human rights organisations say political prisoners suffer more abuses – including medical neglect that often has deadly consequences.
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Young people and their families are seeking any way they can to evade the Myanmar military’s conscription drive – sometimes with the help of sympathetic local administrators.
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The United States claimed it foiled a plot by an alleged Yakuza boss to sell weapons-grade plutonium sourced by an ethnic armed group in Myanmar, but experts say the story doesn’t add up.
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Migrant workers are sending home up to $5 billion a year – and banks want a bigger piece of the action.
Although most financial sanctions have ended, the high cost of violations and low potential profits means few US banks will do business with Myanmar.
A dearth of family planning services and sex education in Chin State is endangering women and reinforcing patriarchal culture.
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Myanmar’s banks are increasingly offering services targeted at foreigners, but negotiating the complex range of regulations and fees can be hard work.
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Only when the authorities take firm action against both perpetrators of violence and those who inspire it can communal conflict be brought under control.
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Some say the new Financial Institutions Law was written by the World Bank. I don't think this is necessarily intended as a criticism but to what extent did you play a role in drafting this law?
Frotnier speaks to Abdoulaye Seck, the World Bank's country manager in Myanmar.
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